Sentence examples for egregious practice from inspiring English sources

Speaking generally, Mr. Hirsch called single-premium credit insurance "perhaps the most egregious practice" by lenders.

In testing the operations of the country's democracy, they should perhaps look not only at particular flaws in the system, but at the system itself, especially the egregious practice of gerrymandering electoral districts for partisan gain.

It might do away with the particularly egregious practice of consultation by leak, taking the place of real discussion – the spectacle of a government pretending nothing has really been decided, when in truth it is saying "we're planning to do this, unless it proves hugely unpopular".

He used what was supposed to be a routine reelection of a hardware store owner to the board to highlight a particularly egregious practice at thrifts: stock grants unique to the industry, called Management Recognition Plan Shares, that allow directors to be compensated as if earnings were growing by double digits even if they are not growing at all.

The latest egregious practice is the high-speed rail service, which transports the pilgrims from Mecca to the sacred sites where the rituals of the Hajj are performed.

The egregious practice that some Muslim men employ to divorce their wives instantaneously and without their consent, merely by uttering the word talaq (divorce) three times, has finally been declared unconstitutional and illegal by the Indian Supreme Court.

Yet Congress has shown scant appetite for remedying even the most egregious practices.

Still, through her work she has spotlighted some of the Islamic Republic's most egregious practices.

It is plainly true, for example, that Britain should anathemise egregious practices such as forced marriage or "honour killing".

For a long time it was left to victims of these egregious practices to fight for the truth.

Getting a resounding cheer, Rove named two leading Democrats - Christopher Dodd and Barney Frank - as "persistent and unnecessary" defenders of "egregious practices".